Officials from both the Faroe Islands and Greenland have declared that they are tired of being referred to as territories of the Danish kingdom. Their desire is to be called “countries” by the intergovernmental Nordic region rather than self-governing territories. Read the full story

The president of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson and the First Lady, Dorrit Moussaieff are today taking part in large scale celebrations in Lithuania, which is celebrating the thousandth anniversary of its nationhood. Read the full story